In an ideal world, readers would just look at the argument itself. Many social scientists reduce the process of development into a mechanical outcome. Social realities are not like machines; they are more like forest ecos es. They are multidimensional, constantly changing, adapting to one another.
The political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles of corruption. The U.S. and China have more in common than we’d like to admit — but Russia is a different story, which could explain its willingness to invade Ukraine.